Back in Time: Unshackling From Love

Chapter 17

As Mikayla laughed, tears streamed down her face.

Images from her previous life of being beaten, cursed at, and tortured at the mental hospital flashed before her eyes.

In the flashback, the hefty caretaker had gripped her by the hair, forcefully pulling her away and causing her only bowl of plain soup to spill.

They would even forcefully pinch her mouth when she refused to take her medication, shoving handfuls of pills down her throat.

Mikayla always thought it was the mental hospital deliberately tormenting her to please

Jerome.

Little did she know, the demonic woman from the previous life was Kylie’s relative.

So, all the misery she endured in the mental hospital was orchestrated by Kylie.

Thinking about the abuse she suffered and the torment from stomach cancer, Mikayla wished she could immediately strangle Kylie.

Why did she have to be so cruel?

Jerome, who clearly loved Kylie so much, had even sent Mikayla to the mental hospital for the former’s good.

Why wouldn’t Kylie let her go? Why did she have to harm her?

Jerome looked at Mikayla on the floor.

Although she had suggested keeping the audio call on, he still worried that something might go wrong, so he followed her up.

Unexpectedly, he witnessed Mikayla attacking someone as soon as the elevator doors opened.

She lay slumped amidst a chaotic mess of fruits, her eyes vacant, her body seemingly devoid of strength.

Though her face showed a smile, tears flowed incessantly, as if she had suffered some painful and tragic ordeal, radiating endless hatred and resentment.

Strangely, Jerome’s heart didn’t fill with anger at her madness. Instead, a dull ache

serthed within him:

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considered going to help Mikayla when he heard Kylie weakly

her neck from Mikayla’s grip, Jerome instruct ed the woman who was standing

the

down and then walked over to

at her arm. “Get

as he pulled at her arm,

felt a

up here to apologize? What’s with

Mikayla heard his voice. Her eyes began to focus,

felt a sense

you planning to be with Kylie

and her tone

brows tightened

life over this?”

the first

trying to

approached at that moment, carrying

Mikayla stand up, but she

adjusted her clothes, and walked away without casting a backward glance.

to chase after Mikayla to find out what had

out a stifled groan of

one responsible for

stop. “Shall we go to

Kylie shook her

you be fine? Another inch deeper, and it

the bleeding while asking, “Who was that person just now? Why did she come

“She might have misunderstood me.”

been bullied like this, and you’re still defending her. I think we should call the police and have

Agatha, please go back for now. If there’s

didn’t want to leave, but she could tell it wasn’t appropriate

If you need someone to look after you tonight, call me.”

Kylie, “What just happened?